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Date:      Tue, 10 Jan 2012 17:20:15 -0500
From:      Eitan Adler <lists@eitanadler.com>
To:        Robert Huff <roberthuff@rcn.com>
Cc:        freebsd-ports@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: compiling py-* ports for python32
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On Tue, Jan 10, 2012 at 2:51 PM, Robert Huff <roberthuff@rcn.com> wrote:
>
> Matthew Pounsett writes:
>
>> =C2=A0> PYTHON_DEFAULT_VERSION=3Dpython3.2
>
> =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0As a casual user: what would be the pros and c=
ons of doing this
> while the default is still 2.7?

python32 is better as a language but...
... not eveyone has switched over yet

Switching is non-trivial if you use C extensions or libraries which
use C extensions.

--=20
Eitan Adler



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